Sunday, June 16, 2013

SSShhhhhh! I added more to the COLLECTION!!

I know, I know I shouldn't have gotten MORE, but I promise I won't do them until LIFE is done!  PROMISE!

Craig's List can be hazardous to an addict.  LOL

A lady was selling a whole box listed as "20+" for $10!  I texted her and found out that most of the puzzles have all their pieces but there might be a few missing.  Not sure.  For $10, I thought I'd take the chance. 

Want to see my spoils?

Here's the lot of them on my bed.  The lady advertised 20+, but there turned out to be 35 puzzles in the box!  I got rid of the three on the right.  The top two were duplicates and the bottom one said right on the box that it had a piece missing .  I'm not even going to bother with that one.  That leaves 32 puzzles for me for $10.  IF the pieces are all there, or even in most of them, this is a great deal!
 
 

This one is okay.  Pretty I guess, but it doesn't thrill me much.
 
 

I think this was the one that has hidden pictures.  That should be interesting.
 
 

I like these collage ones.
 
 

I have a feeling this one might be on the difficult side.  Not very pretty either.
 
 

These boats should be whipped off fairly quickly.



 I plan to no longer buy any more typical scenic puzzles.  They always seem to be the same.  Whatever the subject is (mountains, house, animal, lighthouse in this case) and sky, water, and/or grass.  Just repetitive to me.  I thought I had done this lighthouse before from a different view. But I was wrong.  HERE is the one I was thinking of.
 
 
 Typical.
 
 
 Ditto.
 
 
 Slightly different from your typical scene I guess.
 
 
 I'm not a huge fan of this kind of art, but I have never done any of this kind so I am excited to do this one.
 
 
 Reminds me of LIFE.  And Lisa Frank.
 
 
 Good ole' Hometown Collection.
 
 
 2000!  Again, I have a feeling this won't be easy.  Lots of gray, tan, white shades.  Kind of ugly.  Not really looking forward to this one.  This particular one made me rethink my puzzling experience.  As of right now I pretty much will do any puzzle I can get my hands on as long as it has all its pieces and I can get it for a good price.  I don't really care what it looks like.  But I'm wondering if those parameters will hold me back.  If I have a puzzle in the line up that I'm not looking forward to then maybe it'll cause me to slow down (you know I'm slow enough) or to quit altogether.  I'm thinking from now on, I will only get ones that I really like and WANT to do.  IF I do this one, it'll be my first 2,000 piece.
 
 
 Another Wysocki.
 
 
 Not a big fan of Kincadesque either.  But this one will be unique.  You can't really tell in the photo, but the yellowish spots are metallic!  That's new to me too.
 
 
 This will be fun!  I checked in every box when I sorted them and found that this one has the booklet and the light! And it even works!  COOL BEANS!  This was one of the duplicates.
 
 
 Typical.
 
 
 See that in the corner?  MEGA!!!!  IT'S BACK!  I may not do this one.  I'll try it, but if it's the same poor quality as those other MEGA brand ones I tried a few months ago, this one will go in the free box at the rummage sale!
 
 
 Same MEGA issues with this one.  So I probably won't do this one.  This was also one of the duplicates.
 
 
 Typical
 
 
 Blah... I know there are many fans of Kincade.  I'm not one of them.  I don't dislike it, it's just not my style.
 
 
 
 Somewhat on the Wysocki order, but I actually like this one.  It'll be done very fast.
 
 
 This one looks like it'll be difficult.  Lots of yellow and brown.  Maybe not.  Sometimes you can't see the shade differences until you actually start studying the actual pieces.
 
 
 YES!  Educa!



 Ack!  More Kincade.  There were supposed to be three puzzles in this box, but I looked and I think there are only two.  I'm not even sure which two.
 
 
 Now!  This one looks fun!!
 
 
 Typical.
 
 
You couldn't imagine my excitement to finally find a Ravensburger in this box!  Quite a step up from Big Ben and totally the opposite end of the spectrum from MEGA Yuck.  I'm not into dolls, but this is a pretty picture.
 
 

 Eh.
 
 
 Could be fun. The lettering will help make it go quickly.
 
 
 Just so-so for me.
 
 
 Don't care for this one at all.  Not sure why.  I just don't like it.
 
 
Now THIS is my cup o' tea!  Puzzle within a puzzle.  Always unique.
 
 

Well now I've shown you the lot.  These are going to be after LIFE.  So they are just going to sit around for awhile.  There will be a break in between LIFE and DR.  I'll want to have more of a feeling of accomplishment so to get some smaller ones finished will be good for me I'm sure.
 
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed seeing what is to come in the future.  How soon?  Who knows.
 
Goodnight!



3 comments:

  1. Oh my god - you're a lucky lady!
    Wish I could visit you to 'help' you with most of these wonderful jigsaw puzzles :-)

    And again: oh my god! I just found out that there's a cute white dog, maybe a bichon frisé, on the Ravensburger Jigsaw Puzzle - looks like mine.

    I wish you so much fun with all these jigsaw puzzles.

    Kind regards
    Lia

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  2. Wow! You really made out on this deal with so many puzzles. Even though you don't like all of the pictures, it's still a heck of a deal. You know, you might not want to get rid of the duplicate CSI puzzle until you put it together. If you happen to be missing a piece from one, you will most likely be able to find it in the duplicate. Just a thought...

    I think I like the shaped amusement park puzzle the best, followed by the CSI one and then the Lost in a Puzzle one...

    I do love Thomas Kinkade myself and I'm secretly hoping they make a large format puzzle of his art someday...I would be all over it! LOL It may be difficult though since he is dead now, but I'm hoping someone in his family or whomever owns the rights to the artwork will approve doing at least 12,000+ piece collage (like how they did Life) puzzle someday.

    Ahh well...one can dream, right?

    Great find!

    Penny

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  3. Nice fix! I know what you mean about craigslist... and ebay....

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